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RAH

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Registered: 2008-06-20

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[SOLVED] Watermark Desktop

Hello,

Is there a package which watermarks the desktop with useful information such as your username/IP etc?  I believe "WaterMark" does this but I can't get it to work.

Thanks.

Last edited by RAH (2008-07-13 22:55:50)

Stythys

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Re: [SOLVED] Watermark Desktop

conky?

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RAH

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Registered: 2008-06-20

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Re: [SOLVED] Watermark Desktop

That looks perfect.  However after installation I get:
Conky: no readable personal or system-wide config file found
Any ideas?

dyscoria

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Re: [SOLVED] Watermark Desktop

touch ~/.conkyrc

Then copy and paste a config file from the website or from /usr/share/conky (probably in that location. i don't use conky)

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RAH

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Re: [SOLVED] Watermark Desktop

The touch command doesn't appear to do anything and /usr/share/conky doesn't exist.

czar

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Re: [SOLVED] Watermark Desktop

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Conky

pauldonnelly

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Re: [SOLVED] Watermark Desktop

The touch command doesn't appear to do anything and /usr/share/conky doesn't exist.

touch creates a file if it doesn't exist. Anyway, I don't believe Conky comes with a default config. Its man page describes everything it does though; just read down the list and add the things you want to see.

axel

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Re: [SOLVED] Watermark Desktop

If you are using KDE you could try superkaramba, while if you are using Gnome try gdesklets.